This is stupid. Go call someone at SRZ.

First to File.

Double Biller

"Race Ipsa Loquitur" works.

This has to be the most boring post you've ever done, Lat.

also "Race Judicata"

Thoroughbred names have 18 letters/spaces/characters max -- do your homework

"And sine qua non takes the lead!"

Yeah. This is kind of boring.

Frat Stud

Black Berry (like Black Beauty). I imagine there's some sort of IP issue, but I'm proud of it.

6:47 -- Sure thing. There was a famous hoss named Tabasco Cat Caused IP lit and as a result the word Tabasco can't be used again

@6:43 pm:

Here are the naming rules--I don't see the 18 "letters/spaces/characters max" rule you allude to.

"6. NAMING

A. A name may be claimed on the Registration Application, on a Name Claiming Form or through Interactive RegistrationTM at registry.jockeyclub.com. Name selections should be listed in order of preference. Names will be assigned based upon availability and compliance with the naming rules as stated herein. Names may not be claimed or reserved by telephone. When a foreign language name is submitted, an English translation must be furnished to The Jockey Club. An explanation must accompany "coined" or "made-up" names that have no apparent meaning. Horses that were born in the United States, Puerto Rico or Canada and currently reside in another country must be named by The Jockey Club through the Stud Book Authority of their country of residence.

B. If a valid attempt to name a foal is submitted to The Jockey Club by February 1 of the foal's two-year-old year and such a name is determined not eligible for use, no fee is required for a subsequent claim of name for that foal. If a valid attempt to name a foal is not submitted to The Jockey Club by February 1 of the foal's two-year-old year, a fee is required to claim a name for such a foal (see Fee Schedule).

C. A reserved name must be used within one year from the day it was reserved. Reserved names cannot be used until notification requesting the assignment of the name to a specific horse is received by the Registry Office. If the reserved name is not used within one year from its reservation, it will become available for any horse. A fee is required to reserve a name (see Fee Schedule).

D. A foal's name may be changed at any time prior to starting in its first race. Ordinarily, no name change will be permitted after a horse has started in its first race or has been used for breeding purposes. However, in the event a name must be changed after a horse has started in its first race, both the old and new names should be used until the horse has raced three times following the name change. The prescribed fee (see Fee Schedule) and the Certificate of Foal Registration must accompany any request to the Registry Office for a change of name.

E. Names of horses over ten years old may be eligible if they are not excluded under Rule 6(F) and have not been used during the preceding five years either in breeding or racing.
Names of geldings and horses that were never used for breeding or racing may be available five years from the date of their death as reported.

F. The following classes of names are not eligible for use:
1. Names consisting of more than 18 letters (spaces and punctuation marks count as letters);
2. Initials such as C.O.D., F.O.B., etc.;
3. Names ending in "filly," "colt," "stud," "mare," "stallion," or any similar horse-related term;
4. Names consisting entirely of numbers. Numbers above thirty may be used if they are spelled out;
5. Names ending with a numerical designation such as "2nd" or "3rd," whether or not such a designation is spelled out;
6. Names of persons unless written permission to use their name is on file with The Jockey Club;
7. Names of "famous" people no longer living unless approval is granted by the Board of Stewards of The Jockey Club;
8. Names of "notorious" people;
9. Names of racetracks or graded stakes races;
10. Recorded names such as assumed names or stable names;
11. Names clearly having commercial significance, such as trade names;
12. Copyrighted material, titles of books, plays, motion pictures, popular songs, etc., unless the applicant furnishes The Jockey Club with proof that the copyright has been abandoned or that such material has not been used within the last five years;
13. Names that are suggestive or have a vulgar or obscene meaning; names considered in poor taste; or names that may be offensive to religious, political or ethnic groups;
14. Names that are currently active either in racing or breeding, and names similar in spelling or pronunciation to such names, see 6(E);
15. Permanent names and names similar in spelling or pronunciation to permanent names. The list of criteria to establish a permanent name is as follows:
a. Horses in racing's Hall of Fame;
b. Horses that have been voted Horse of the Year;
c. Horses that have won an Eclipse Award;
d. Horses that have won a Sovereign Award (Canadian Champions);
e. Annual leading sire and broodmare sire by progeny earnings;
f. Cumulative money winners of $2 million or more;
g. Horses that have won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes, The Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Breeders' Cup Classic or the Breeders' Cup Turf; and
h. Horses included in the International List of Protected Names.

G. In addition to the provisions of this Rule 6, the Registrar of The Jockey Club reserves the right of approval on all name requests. "

Speedy Trial?

"GVR" would be disallowed. Can't be entirely of initials

a hortiori

"sitting in equine-ity"

6:51 Read what you post please -- it's there

equinitable estoppel

Racehorse Haynes

Scalia's Dissent

"This subject came up when we were reading about how Big Brown, the Derby winner, might win the Triple Crown"

We hear this every year after the Derby. 100% of Derby winners may win the Triple Crown unless they are skipping the Preakness. It is almost like saying this case may be appealed.

6:51,

Uh-- 6.F.1?

--Reading is Fundamental

There are no oddsmakers (other than morning line writers that do it for informational purposes). Ever been to a hoss race?

7:06 - But Big Brown came in from post 20 and still smoked the competition.

Hung Like a Horse

Hung Like a Jury

or...to avoid a Rule F.6 problem...

Scalito's Dissent

Appeal denied

or

Elevated

Lethal Injection

Primogeniture

Doc Review

Force majeure

Collateral Estoppel

Aquagirl

Hostile Witness

Glue in the Factum

Pig Vomit

Schulte Roth and Stable

Infringement

Rush to Judgment

Due Process

Horse Meat

All Nighter

Above the Law

Swift Justice

Slip-and-Fall

Rocket Docket

Extortion

Penumbral Emanations

Denny Crane.

Fast, and utterly single minded.

Winning Brief

There was a stud from Pennsylvania named "Judge Smells". Two of my favorite names from his offspring were "Skinky Dinky" and "Lily Von Skynke"

I guess the prudes at the Jockey Club (a board that approves names) didn't understand the references

Void for Vagueness

You could name it, This Post is F*ing Stupid.

Bench Slap

Race Ipsa Loquitur

(Even though "race" means something different here, I have to give a shout out to Jody Armour on that one)

Blind Justice

Billable Hours

Sua Sponte
Eggshell Plaintiff
Mandamus
Motion to Quash
Patent Pending

Running Objection

Chancery Court

El Juez ("The Judge")*

*translated per 6A

Crazy Pro Se Plaintiff

Paper Chase

Equine Protection

What about:

Equestrian Protection

Skidmore Deference

Runaway Verdict

What about:

HORSE RACING IS A VICIOUS AND CRUEL SPORT WHEREIN HORSES ARE BRED TO BE QUICK, BUT FEEBLE, AND TO LIVE SHORT, MISERABLE LIVES AS SLAVES TO GREEDY GAMBLING ADDICTS.

or

I AIN'T YOUR BITCH, BITCH. SO GET THE F*** OFF OF MY BACK YOU SHORT HALF-MAN.

What about that for a name.

Love,

PETA.

Offensive Non-Mutual Collateral Estoppel

Gimpy

Bascom's Folly - a sure crowdpleaser

Ipse Dixit
Per Curiam
Oyez Oyez Oyez
Swing Vote Kennedy (or Swing Vote O'Connor)

And of course, the most powerful horse of all time -Erie Doctrine.

Indefeasible

Lat is a Gimp

Double Jeopardy

Mirandize This

Bail-Jumper

A client named his horse after GDC's Ted Boutrous: http://www.horsehats.com/boutrous-horse-racing.html

Mutual Release

Ordered Liberty

She's the Fastest

Learned Hoof

You can check at http://www.registry.jockeyclub.com/registry.cfm?page=namesrch&rand=813 to see if your name is already in use - "Res Ispa [sic] Loquitur" is taken - bad lawyer owner? or does "ispa" mean something?

From the above link - "Oyez Oyez," "Sua Sponte," "Billable Hours" and "Per Curiam" are already taken. Too many lawyers in the racing industry???

"Turf Tortfeasor" or "Duty To Win"

punitive damage
or
strict liability

http://sports-law.blogspot.com/2006/05/satisfied-client.html

There's Lawyer Ron, currently retired near Versailles, KY and making a living as a stud for a fee of $30,000.

David HasselHofstra
Jimmy Hofstra
Hofstramus Prime
Hofstradamus
Hofstrami on Rye
HofstraT100
HOFMAG (that's my license plate, but it would look as good on a horse as it does on my Kia)

All of the above are plays on my alma mater, Hofstra, the third best law school in the NYC area:

http://abovethelaw.com/community/2008/05/top-nyc-area-law-schools.php

Attractive Nuisance

De Minimis (roles off the tongue nice)

Motion to Quash

FeeSimpleAbsolute

Strict Scrutiny

Judge Learned 15 Hands

last clear chance

i love this post...all of you should stop being haters!

hot bench

first in time, first in right

Titlover69

oh wait, law-related horse names....

The problem is that all Horse names sound dirty if you say them right.

Borked

Twinkie Defense

UnCivil Action

Contempt of Court

Rule of Perpetutities (just would be fun to hear an announcer try to say it in the heat of a race)

it has to be said...TTT

Vacatur.

Plurality Opinion.

Class Action
Underneath their Foals
Jury's Out
Jury's Back
Equestered
Deadlocked
Guilty as Charged
Breach of Contract
Equestrian Estoppel
Overworked and Undersexed
Loyolya 2L

in flagrante

Chief Justice

ATL

res ipsa horse&car

Hit-N-Run

Habeas Horsus

Innocent Bystander

due diligence

Reasonable Man
Insanity Defense
Natural Law

the judge sez who (actual name; stud fee $5K)

Rein Maker

This is actually a pretty entertaining topic. Good ones (all R's, no less):

Rocket Docket
Rush to Judgment
Running Objection
Runaway Verdict

pari passu

Ambulance Chaser

Equity Partner

FebClub

...it's Motion Denied at the wiiiire!

Mrs. Palsgraf

(or whatever that lady's name was in the subway in torts)

Expressio Unius

GULC SUCS

12(b)(6)

Call the Bailiff

Demurrer

8:18 -- you really felt like you had to explain the basis for your Hofstra recommendations!

Bluebook

Frolic 'n Detour

Un-Estoppable

Litigious

Request for Parole (actual name)

Out on Bail

"Void for Vagueness" is not available as it is the Famous Name of a world class trivia team at the U.of Chi. L. S. in the early 90's. Is that you former team mates?

F.

Gag Order

Trotfeasor

Fillybuster

Secured Creditor

Offer of Hoof

LowerThirdofClass

Mane damus

Kash: Hey Lat, how can we get a lot of posts and up ad revenue?

Lat: Why don't we think of some rouse for asking our readers to list all of the legal terms they know?

Order of the Hoof

Expostpostionfacto

The real challenge is to name offspring of two of these legally-named horses (often, a foal's name will be formed by a play on words or a combination of its sire's and dam's names). Thus, a foal sired by LongHandOfTheLaw and dropped by Judge Dread could be named "Judge Hand."

No, 9:34 it was:

Kash: Hey Lat, how can we get a lot of posts and up ad revenue?

Lat: Why don't you show your tits?

Kash: Why don't you show your man-gina?

Lat: Ok, why don't we think of some rouse for asking our readers to list all of the legal terms they know?

Phantom Tortfeasor

Barren Cow

Hand Job